This is the heart-stopping moment a group of skiers came within inches of death after a huge tree fell on the cables of their moving chairlift.

The dramatic incident was caught on camera by tourists sat on one of the carriages just metres away from the falling tree.

Believed to have been filmed in Bukovel, a ski resort in Ukraine, the clip shows the tree, thought to measure almost 100 feet tall, teetering dangerously before completely collapsing on the flimsy chairlift cables.

Near miss: Skier has a lucky escape after tree collapses onto chairlift

Immediately the lift grinds to a halt as the tree rests just inches from a fellow skier.

Moments later, the tree begins to snap and falls towards the ground, knocking the remaining empty carriages into the air.

According to information alongside the video, which was submitted to LiveLeak.com, none of the skiers were hurt in the incident.